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Freedom of speech and the rules of Parliament

The image and prestige of parliament recently came under perilous attack when Cope leader, Mosious Lekota, sought to push the boundaries of freedom of speech and abused parliamentary privilege when...

DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary leader, on the new shadow cabinet (01/02/2012)

Statements

I am proud today to announce the appointment of a Shadow Cabinet which I believe will help restore Parliament to its rightful place at the centre of our democracy. This is an entirely new...

Polity – News this week

News

State-owned development financier the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) reports that it has approved funding worth R5.2-billion for 12 of the 28 preferred bidders recently identified by the...

Poor will suffer under NHI – DA

HEALTH

The poor will likely suffer more under the proposed national health insurance (NHI) system, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday.

DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary leader, accepting the postion of Parliamentary leader (27/10/2011)

Statements

I am deeply honoured to accept the position of Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance.

I thank my colleagues in the parliamentary caucus for endorsing my candidacy and pledge...

News this week

UPDATE

While the African National Congress (ANC) welcomes Cabinet's decision to release the National Health Insurance (NHI) Green Paper for discussion, the opposition contends it will not achieve its...

Daily podcast – August 12, 2011

PODCAST

While the ANC welcomed Cabinet's decision to release the National Health Insurance (NHI) Green Paper for discussion yesterday, the opposition contended it would not achieve its purpose, Egypt has...

Cautious welcome for NHI Green Paper

NHI

While the African National Congress (ANC) welcomed Cabinet's decision to release the National Health Insurance (NHI) green paper for discussion on Thursday, the opposition contended it would not...

DA: Statement by Athol Trollip, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary leader, on new appointments and potfolios in the DA shadow cabinet (06/09/2010)

Statements

I have today made a number of important changes to the composition of the DA's Shadow Cabinet.

A full list of those changes follows below this statement.

I believe the...

Treasury admits no study on labour broking ban

LABOUR

The Finance Ministry has conceded that it has not conducted any research on the implications of government's proposed ban on labour broking.

Zuma needs to get basics right on ARV provision — DA

HIV/AIDS

President Jacob Zuma needs to address the fundamentals required to meet the goal of providing antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to 80% of the people living with HIV/Aids by 2011, the Democratic Alliance...

DA: Statement by Debbie Schafer, Democratic Alliance deputy shadow minister of police, on the need for the return of specialised FCS units (22/07/2009)

Statements

The Democratic Alliance (DA) applauds today's announcement that Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) units will be reintroduced. The DA has repeatedly, since 2006,...

Govt to blame for doctors’ pickets – DA

HEALTH SECTOR STRIKES

The Democratic Alliance (DA) blamed the government for the doctors' pickets in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape on Monday.

Taxation “only a possibility” for health plan

HEALTH

Using taxation to fund the government's national health plan was "only a possibility", the Department of Health said on Monday. "[Taxation is] one of the possibilities, but it does not forego other...

ANC “won’t be deterred” on health plan

NATIONAL HEALTH

The African National Congress (ANC) criticised media reports of its health plan on Monday and vowed to continue its efforts.

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